Black Pig - 3931 - Ron Wilson PINKS ALL OUT

[R2]

My wife and I went to Bristol Tn to see Ron,(firefighter3931),,and cheer him on at PINKS ALL OUT.  One week ago,,,the "pig" did not have a motor in it,,,and he has been thrashing all week to make this event.  Also,,,he had over a 14 hour drive from Ottawa Ontario to Bristol Tn for the event.
New suspension , new fuel system, cooling system, new convertor, new motor, etc,,,,all had to be done before the car was ready.
He told me he finished everything 1-2 days before leaving home,,,and really didnt get a chance to test the car,,,,let alone run it down the track.
His car is awesome,,,,VERY clean,,,and well done, lots of attention to detail on this car.
Took some photos for everyone to see,,,,and hopefully he will chime in when he gets home tomorrow.....

Bristol was a great venue,,,really nice race track....



Rear shot of the car,,,,note new fuel sump on a "stock" tank,,,full exhaust,,,,he also plummed in some cut outs,,,next to the "X" pipe,,,very trick,,,,sounds awesome uncorked....



Driving around in the pits,,,,,,,,,



Taking off at the "tree"



"gremlin" issues,,,(he can go into more detail),,but the car kept blowing fuse's everytime,,,,and would knock out all the gauges,,,,,ended up being a bad reverse light,,,,,









MOTOR shot,,,,572..............



Ron and pic of my wife......she was telling him to adjust the flux capacitor...lol



Heading up to the tree for a run.............



My Wife and Ron's car..............

[R2]

Ron and Mark ( who runs a 69 Roadrunner turbo,,,9 sec ride )



Ron and the wife



Rons car and one of his biggest fans,,,,,Mopar hat, emblem, and Black Pig shirt,,,,Very cool..........

[Finn]

Was wondering how this went, thanks for posting! Looks like fun.

[Brass]

Very cool - thanks for sending along some photos.  I'm sure many here have been anxiously awaiting updates!

[FLG]

Looks great!

Cant wait to hear the rest 

[mikesbbody]

Looks great!

Cant wait to hear the rest 

X2! good luck Ron! 

[tan top]

Looks great!

Cant wait to hear the rest 

X2! good luck Ron! 

     thanks for sharing the pictures & info on whats been happening!! looking forward to hearing more 

[Tilar]

Man I wish I had remembered that, I've been needing a weekend away that didn't take me north east.   

Looks like it was a great event. 

[bull]

Cool. Thanks for the pics R2.

[chargergirl]

Will be great to see in action! The car is beautiful!

[mikepmcs]

Ron's a god!

[Just 6T9 CHGR]

Hmmm...some night time runs as well

How far did ya go Ron?? 

[bakerhillpins]

 


  Rear quarter is covered in tire bits. 

[FlatbackFanatic]

very cool!! great pics!

[vancamp]

very cool pics of a great looking car

[Roger 68 charger]

Nice Car!!!

Great Pics

[71ChallengeHer]

Great pics. Now, how did Ron do ? 

[XS29J8]

Congrats Ron, hope you did well! Your 68 Charger is AWESOME, can't wait for the episode to air...........



Steve

[bakerhillpins]

Does anyone know when it will air? It will be on Speed TV correct? If so Ill have to wait for it to hit the net as I don't have speed.

[maxwellwedge]

Very, very cool Ron - Well done!

[charger_fan_4ever]

Niceeeeee car Ron. Didn't realize Ron was in Ottawa.

[moparstuart]

 

[firefighter3931]

Thanks for posting the pics Doug and more importantly thanks for making the trip out.  It's allways great to see you and Terri 

It was a good experience but the drive home was looooong !! I loaded up sunday morning and hit the road at 10am and pulled into my driveway at 1:30 am. Total distance was just shy of 900 miles (one way) 

As Doug explained at the beginning of this thread we had some gremlins and growing pains to deal with. It was a mad thrash to just make it and unfortunately i didn't have time to test & tune the car before loading up. Sometimes the game of "life" just reaks havoc on all our fun so unfortunately the car had to take a back seat to more important things.

The good news is that i didn't break anything and managed to hunt down an electrical gremlin that made running the car properly near impossible. It sucks not having any guages/tach/shiftlight when you're trying to race.  The blown fuse problem seemed to be intermittent then became permenant so it had to be fixed ! At one point i had most of the dash harness pulled down looking for the problem.  It ended up being a grounding reverse light wire that is wired into the same circuit. Cut that wire and all seemed to work well afterwards. 

OK, onto the details :

(Run #1) This was the very first pass with the new 572 and torque converter so i didn't know what to expect. Decided to take it easy to make sure it launched straight and the brakes (new master cylinder) were working fine. It felt good and the brakes worked fine. That pass it went 12.50 @ 88 mph

(Run #2) i decided to run it hard and it launched well. The 60ft was in the 1.55 range and the pig was screaming.  Unfortunately i had a brain fart and let off the throttle at the 1000 ft mark and ran an 11.01 @ 117 but the 1/8 mile ET was at 7.02 which shows high 10's in the 1/4.

That was it for test & tune Friday....we only get two passes due to the sheer volume of cars.

Time trials saturday morning :

(Run #1) i do a crappy burnout and blow off the tires....it spun for 100ft and the 60ft dropped to 2.03 seconds.....horrible. The ET was 11.70 or so.

(Run #2) As I'm pulling up into the lanes my guages go dead again !  Decide to make a pass anyway and shift by ear. The engine breaks up as i'm accelerating so I abort the pass. Get back to the pits and Doug notices my distributor cap is half off...Geez...what else can go wrong ! 

This is when the mad electric thrash commenced and i started ripping into the harness testing individual circuits to isolate the problem. Definately had to get it fixed so i could see what the engine was doing and shift properly. It got fixed and i was ready for the first elimination. 

Arm drop pass : Pull into the box and do a big burnout....Rich has a huge grin on his face and gives me a thumbs up as i'm pulling forward. The Pig launches hard and is pulling like a rocket ! Shift into second and it screams up to redline and slam it into third....only i missed the shift and went into neutral ! Geez !!! Hear the rev limiter bouncing, look down and see what's happening....let off the throttle and pull it back into third and stomp it. Unfortunately that knocked me out of the running and put me on the trailer. It was just that kind of a weekend when everything was going wrong. I even managed to lock my keys inside the truck at one point. 

Overall i would have to say it was an excellent experience despite the technical difficulties. Lots of positive comments from the other racers and one of the show hosts (Willie B) interviewed me on camera asking all about the car. It'll be interesting to see if that segment makes it past the cutting room floor. Willie is a super nice guy and has 13 mopars including 4 chargers.    Rich was also very personable with the racers and seemed very down to earth and genuinely cared....i'd have to give him two thumbs up as well. 


Would i do it again ; Absolutely ! If i am lucky enough for another shot the car and driver will be better prepared. I'm going out this w/e for some test & tune to hopefully get that elusive 10 second time slip.

Thanks for reading


Ron

[super_dave]

Wow Ron, that is a sweet car....form a fellow proud Canadian!!

[Belgium R/T -68]

Great pics and nice reading. I'm sure you will get your welldisurved 9.89 sec timeslip Ron

BTW, love your enginebay, see some improvementpotentials for mine this winter.

Per

[Tilar]

Damn that sounds like a hell of a lot of fun for one weekend. I sure wish I had remembered it was last weekend, I'd have made the trip just to watch it run. 

[BBKNARF]

That's a great run Ron  if you only had a little more time to work out the bugs and a few more test runs I'm sure you would of climb your way up the ladder.
I'm guessing  a 10.50 pass in a 4000+ car. What is your guess ET.

What track do you normally go to ?

Frank

[moparstuart]

 wow sorry to hear about all your gremlins and mishaps

[Charger-Bodie]

Sometimes thing just go that way Ron. Looks like you had alot of fun even though.

Hopefully your interview makes the cut. That would be cool!

[General_01]

It's all about the experience Ron. You can go kick some Camaro ass anytime. Glad you had a good time and met some new people. As you said, next time it will be a different story on the track. I am just totally impressed with how you were able to even get the car ready in short order.   for your effort. The car and engine look excellent. Awesome!!

[firefighter3931]

That's a great run Ron  if you only had a little more time to work out the bugs and a few more test runs I'm sure you would of climb your way up the ladder.
I'm guessing  a 10.50 pass in a 4000+ car. What is your guess ET.

What track do you normally go to ?

Frank

It should be a 10.50 car based on the power the 572 made but i still have lots of experimenting to do. It makes killer torque so i really have to heat up the Drag Radials or it just blows them off. I just brought the converter up to 2000 and launched so there's more experimenting to do. It might hit harder just launching off idle ? I'll find out soon enough ! 

Frank, we race at Napierville....about 30 miles south of Montreal, just north of the New York state border. Nice track with good prep. 

As for making the field....they ended up picking a low 10 class so it's not likely i would have qualified anyway if that's any consolation. 

I might try and make a few OSCA races next season. My buddies who were also @ the Bristol Pinks.... race that series and want me to come down. 


Thanks to all the members for their positive comments. I wish i could have done better but that's just part of the game. 



Ron

[FLG]

Sorry about all the problems you had Ron 

Cant wait till your closer and i see you race again with the pig 

[71ChallengeHer]

Ron, Sorry you had problems.  You should try to be on Pinks @ Maple Grove Speedway. Then I could go .    I'll be there this weekend , watching the Nats.

[Mefirst]

  Ron

I'm glad to hear you had a good time, eventhough things did not go your way al the time and you had stuff go -That's how it is..

Take care Buddy!

/Tom

[chargergirl]

Sounds like our first time out with the Bel...But Ron...what a blast it had to be! Just being there has to be amazing with all the great cars like yours! I hope they keep you in the show and next time...no matter who is going...the forum has to know! You would have had one heck of a pit crew! I can see it now...this is my car...my best friends...my girl...and the entire group from DC.COM!

[firefighter3931]

Sometimes thing just go that way Ron. Looks like you had alot of fun even though.

Hopefully your interview makes the cut. That would be cool!

Thanks Brian. Looking forward to watching this episode. There were a lot of nice cars there ! 

The racing was good and the final 8 was exciting.

Ron, Sorry you had problems.  You should try to be on Pinks @ Maple Grove Speedway. Then I could go .    I'll be there this weekend , watching the Nats.

Hey Jackie, MG would have been much closer. I'm gonna try for something in the northeast next time.  

Ron

I'm glad to hear you had a good time, eventhough things did not go your way al the time and you had stuff go -That's how it is..

Take care Buddy!

/Tom

You know the drill Tom....you've had your share of problems as well and can sympathize. We both need to keep at it. Things can and will improve.  

It's all about the experience Ron. You can go kick some Camaro ass anytime. Glad you had a good time and met some new people. As you said, next time it will be a different story on the track. I am just totally impressed with how you were able to even get the car ready in short order.   for your effort. The car and engine look excellent. Awesome!!

Thanks Dean.   It was a mad thrash just to get it running but well worth it. The experience was excellent !

Sounds like our first time out with the Bel...But Ron...what a blast it had to be! Just being there has to be amazing with all the great cars like yours! I hope they keep you in the show and next time...no matter who is going...the forum has to know! You would have had one heck of a pit crew! I can see it now...this is my car...my best friends...my girl...and the entire group from DC.COM!

You can be in my pit crew anytime Charger girl....the more the merrier !  


Just a few pics from the track photographer.  


Ron

[mikepmcs]

That car is so Bada$$!
Those 2 guys on the right in the second picture say it all.  
Pretty sure if I look hard enough I can see a little daylight under the front left tire. 

[kamkuda]

Sorry I missed the event, it looked like a lot of fun.  Hope to line them out some time

[tan top]

   good stuff !

[BrianShaughnessy]

 

Congrats on what you accomplished Ron!     Next time will only get better!   

[Bob T]

Great stuff, and driving 900miles one way to do it , Top effort ,Great pics  and good luck on your next runs   

[charge69]

Really nice going,  sir and have better run at things next time. The show "Pinks All Out" will be in Houston Oct 15th & 16th and my friend is going to go down there with  his 1969 Roadrunner just to get a few timeslips.  Hope he has more than just 2 runs , though.

Guess you never know what they end up with but his RR is a very low 11/high 10 second car thru the mufflers. Basically , it is a fast street car with some track time too. I will go to help him "pit crew" the RR but  will not have my Hemi Charger there , sadly.  Doubt it would make the cut anyway.

Gonna be interesting and congrats again on going 900 miles to run your Charger.  That took a lot of dedication just to get there!

[richRTSE]

Congrats Ron! That's one bad a$$ Charger! I know those weren't the times you were hoping for, but thats still plenty fast for a HEAVY street car...(I was kinda suprised to see the heater, power steering, battery in front)...get those bugs worked out and you'll be flying!!

[R2]

Here are a few more pics for ya Ron.....

[R2]

[71ChallengeHer]

Ron, Let me know if you run Maple Grove. I'll hook you up for with PA hospitality . 

[FLG]

Im with Jackie, ill be there 

[71ChallengeHer]

Im with Jackie, ill be there 

Frank, You can crash at my place. Or at friends in Reading 

[DC_1]

Even though you didn't do as well as I'm sure you hoped, I'm looking forward to seeing the episode!

[Blown68Coronet]

Hey it's all good in my books Ron,
We put her back together in time, unfortunately no time left for trial runs to work the bugs out but you met a lot of people and a good time was had and NOTHING broke!

We'll get Evil's 10sec timeslip at the"ville" this saturday,
if we have to as a last resort we'll tie a rope to the back bumper of the Coronet!

Nice pics fm Pinks photographer...... and Dr Douggie!!

[runningman]

Ron, car looks awesome!!!

[firefighter3931]

Here are a few more pics for ya Ron.....

Doug thanks for posting those pics. My good friends Penny, Bob & Charlene made the trip down to watch this race. 

Hey it's all good in my books Ron,
We put her back together in time, unfortunately no time left for trial runs to work the bugs out but you met a lot of people and a good time was had and NOTHING broke!

We'll get Evil's 10sec timeslip at the"ville" this saturday,
if we have to as a last resort we'll tie a rope to the back bumper of the Coronet!

Nice pics fm Pinks photographer...... and Dr Douggie!!

Thanks again for all your help Kevin ! Lets hope for nice weather this coming w/e. 


Ron

[Hemidoug]

Hey Ron, glad you made it to PINKS! Sorry time ran out...would have liked to see you in the finals. Man you have that thing HONKIN! Great job my friend, great job! Once you get things worked out I'll bet you'll be in the low 10s for sure! Great job my friend!

[PocketThunder]

Arm drop pass : Pull into the box and do a big burnout....Rich has a huge grin on his face and gives me a thumbs up as i'm pulling forward. The Pig launches hard and is pulling like a rocket ! Shift into second and it screams up to redline and slam it into third....only i missed the shift and went into neutral ! Geez !!! Hear the rev limiter bouncing, look down and see what's happening....let off the throttle and pull it back into third and stomp it. Unfortunately that knocked me out of the running and put me on the trailer. It was just that kind of a weekend when everything was going wrong. I even managed to lock my keys inside the truck at one point. 

Ron

Awe damn missed a shift!!!!     That reminds me of the Tool Time espisode where Tim the Tool Man Taylor is pretending to drive his hot rod in the garage and he's running thru the gears in his mind and he says, ah damn missed a shift!.

Great job Ron and it i will be watching for the show when its on. 

Paul

[runningman]

Hmm, would be cool to have a poster of your car at pinks hanging in the garage.....   I need all the motivation I can get.